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Alexis Burling April 25, 2021Updated: April 25, 2021, 8:06 pm Countless generations of Asians and Pacific Islanders have immigrated to America, enriched its culture and history, and helped make the country what it is today. Their stories are invaluable. In celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, here are three promising debuts from Asian American writers, coming out in May. ‘Swimming Back to Trout River’ By Linda Rui Feng “Swimming Back to Trout River” by Linda Rui Feng Photo: Simon & Schuster A well-known concept in Chinese culture, yuanfen describes “an...

NW Vietnamese News April 25, 2021 Book Cover Beyond the fact his parents fled Vietnam in the 1980s as boat people, Eric Nguyen knows very little about who they were or what they lived through before he was born. “They always had their eye on the future,” the 33-year-old author said in a recent phone call from his home in Washington, D.C. “There’s a lot they haven’t told me.” Like so many others in his generation, Nguyen has never pressed his family hard for answers. Not only did he want to move on as he’d been taught to do, but he also had little desire to bring up painful memor...

The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enríquez review – a South American Shirley Jackson In one story, Rambla Triste, ‘Barcelona attracts hipster Argentinians and then holds them sinisterly captive’. Photograph: Jordi Boixareu/Zuma Wire/Rex/Shutterstock In one story, Rambla Triste, ‘Barcelona attracts hipster Argentinians and then holds them sinisterly captive’. Photograph: Jordi Boixareu/Zuma Wire/Rex/Shutterstock Pushy demons, spirits and dead babies haunt a jet-black collection of short stories set in everyday environments Mon 19 Apr 2021 06.00 EDT When it co...

ONTD Reading Challenge Around the World [FEBRUARY - ARGENTINA] Hello, everyone! I hope you enjoyed getting into South Korean books in January! Let us know in the comments what you read and if you liked it. Now February is upon us and our country of the month is Argentina! We’ll explore Argentinian literature, one of the very best Latin America has to offer. You can choose one of the modern classics like Jorge Luis Borges or Julio Cortázar, or perhaps discover new and rule-breaking works in translation, many of which are by women. Don’t know much about Argentina? It’s ok, we’ll st...

The First Lady OSCAR NOMINEE MICHELLE PFEIFFER JOINS OSCAR WINNER VIOLA DAVIS IN THE FIRST LADY (w/t) FOR SHOWTIME OSCAR WINNER SUSANNE BIER TO DIRECT ALL EPISODES Anthology Series To Star Pfeiffer as Betty Ford, With Davis Executive Producing via JuVee Productions and Starring as Michelle Obama Oscar Winner Cathy Schulman To Executive Produce; Created by Aaron Cooley LOS ANGELES – January 21, 2021 – SHOWTIME has announced that Oscar and Emmy® nominee and Golden Globe® winner Michelle Pfeiffer (French Exit) will star as Betty Ford and Oscar, Emmy and...